Slurs & Ornaments (ligado / trill / mordent)

These are really just the hammer-on (ascending slur) and pull-off (descending slur) you've already learned — in classical they're called ligado, used to “connect” consecutive notes so you don't have to pluck each one with the right hand. Classical demands more even volume from them: the hammered / pulled note has to be as loud and as clear as a plucked one.

Use two adjacent notes (the main note and the upper second) for rapid repeated hammer-ons and pull-offs, creating a “shimmering long note.” First practice those two notes slowly until they're even and evenly timed, then gradually speed up. A trill's beauty is all in the evenness, not the speed.

A mordent is a tiny ornament that flashes by “main note → neighbor → main note”; a turn circles up and down around the main note (up → main → down → main). They're little symbols you'll often see in classical scores, and once you know how to play them, you can render those fancy figures on the page just as written. Ornaments are seasoning — they serve the melody, so don't let them steal the show.